Hello:
I work for a non-profit private educational institution.
I am occasionally approached by faculty concerning getting
job openings posted. These positions may be for permanent,
temporary, full-time, part-time, professional, technical, or
post-doctoral openings.
My question is this: which newsgroup(s) is it appropriate to
post these announcements to?
One obvious answer is to bionet.jobs. In the FAQ it is
mentioned that this is the only place to post commercial job
announcements.
But, if I/we wish to target a specific area (arabidopsis,
molecular-biology, etc.) is it appropriate to post there as
well in order to reach a specific type of person? People
reading specific topic newsgroups that are not job hunting
are often in contact with peers that are seeking employment,
but are not readers usenet newsgroups.
I frequently see job postings outside of bionet.jobs, and
rarely see someone get flamed for such postings.
I know multiple cross-postings are not looked favorably on.
Before I instruct someone that is not as familiar as I in
usenet etiquette on the procedures for posting, should I
tell them that there is only one place to post, or should I
also recommend posting to half a dozen or so groups outside
of bionet.jobs?
I have supplied at least one person with copies of FAQs,
Emily PostNews, etc., but am not sure that they will take
the time to read and be familiar before posting, especially
if they are trying to use this resource for only one thing:
posting a job position.
Also, most of the specific topic newsgroups, at least in the
bionet.* and sci.* hierarchies do not have FAQs, or do not
address this topic in their FAQ if they do indeed have one.
I hope that I am not about to open a Pandora's box here, and
you may reply by e-mail. However, I think that this is an
appropriate topic for open discussion. Thank you in advance.